"Each day be conscious of your duty to be a saint. A saint! And that doesn't mean doing strange things. It means a daily struggle in the interior life and in heroically fulfilling your duty right through to the end.”
(Saint Josemaría)

"Faced with the tragic prolonging of conflicts in various parts of the
world, I invite all the faithful to join me in a Special Day of Prayer
and Fasting for Peace on 23 February, the Friday of the First week of
Lent. We will offer it in particular for the populations of the
Democratic Republic of Congo and of South Sudan. As on other similar
occasions, I also invite our non-Catholic and non-Christian brothers and
sisters to join in this initiative in the ways they believe best, but
all together.

"Our heavenly Father always listens to his children who cry out to him
in pain and anguish; 'he heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their
wounds' (Ps 147[146]:3). I launch a heartfelt appeal that we too may
listen to this cry and each, according to his or her own conscience
before God, can ask: 'What can I do for peace?' We can certainly pray,
but not only: each one can concretely say 'no' to violence on his or her
own behalf. Because the victories obtained through violence are false
victories, whereas working for peace is good for everyone."